Survival Wisdom is a large-scale practical guide, jam-packed with information on every aspect of outdoor life and adventure.

Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the most complete, all-in-one volume on every aspect of outdoor adventure and survival ever, from orienteering to campfire cooking to ice climbing and beyond. Culled from dozens of respected books from Stackpole, the industry's leader in outdoor adventure, this massive collection of wilderness know-how leaves absolutely nothing to chance when it comes to surviving and thriving in the wilderness—and appreciating every minute of it.

Topics include Building Outdoor Shelter, Tracking Animals, Winter Camping, Tying Knots, Orienteering, Reading the Weather, Identifying Edible Plants and Berries, Surviving in the Desert, Bird Watching, Fishing and Ice Fishing, Hunting and Trapping, Canoeing, Kayaking, and White Water Rafting, First Aid, Wild Animals, Cookery, and much more. Useful illustrations and photos throughout make it easy to browse and use. With contributions by the experts at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) as well as the editors of Stackpole's Discover Nature series, Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the definitive, must-have reference for the great outdoors.

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Puzzability, based in New York, includes Mike Shenk, who has written puzzles for Games magazine and its offshoots, and provided daily crosswords for a major newspaper syndicate. He is currently the crossword editor of The Wall Street Journal; Amy Goldstein, a trivia buff and wordsmith who has served as associate editor and managing editor for Games magazine and its sister publications; and Robert Leighton, an illustrator, writer, New Yorker cartoonist, and creator of unique visual puzzles.

Most helpful customer reviews

I bought this book to learn survival techniques to prepare for the impending Zombie Apocalypse. My plan is to head to the woods to avoid the hoards. Since I'm a city slicker, I don't know much about building shelters or purifying water etc. This book covers every topic in enough detail to understand the concepts clearly while still keeping it simple and quick to learn. The illustrations are engaging like old field manuals. The book is large, too large to carry in a backpack but not large enough to knock down a zombie.

this book has almost to much knowledge, and is made in a way that a non experienced person could understand, some things are almost to simple said. this book covers the most amount of detail and topics for survival and bush-craft, anything and everything is in here. downside the book is physically huge. its by far the largest book i have for survival, you would not be able to pack this with you. should have went with more pages not big pages.

There is literally so much in this book, that I have only just scratched the surface in terms of reading it.

there are lots of excellent tips and diagrams too.The only draw backs are that the size of the book is HUGE, So you would never want to take this out in the bush with you. Also if you already own the Country Living wisdom and Know How book, then you already have more than half of the information in this book. Both are very similar.

When the book arrived, I thought it would be slightly larger than the normal reading book, but this was absolutely HUGE! Too big to take in a back pack. However, the information in there is amazing. Tons of real good tips and show-you's how to make things work in a difficult situation. Well worth the read!

This should be a standard in everyone's home. It's a real back to basic's book which is great for camping and/or preparing for any potential natural disasters. Plus there is a lot of great information that we in the 21st century really do not know how to do anymore and we really should.

When I read the reviews about how big the book was, I didn't realize that it meant the book is actually GINORMOUS. Not really thick as it is wide, like a big newspaper sized thing. The paper in it as well reminds me of a newspaper. I suppose it could be a bit better quality, but it's fine, considering how much useful information comes inside it! In my opinion, everyone should have a survival book of some kind in their possession. I wouldn't have chosen this one, just because of the sheer size of it, (I don't know if it will fit into a backpack) but it makes up for it with how much information is in it. I haven't read through the entire thing, but I recommend it to everyone, just because it is about survival skills and know-how.

there is a good amount of info however the print leaves something to be desired. The size of the book means that you need a table to read it too large to sit and read or travel with. The Sas by John Wiseman has the same info aside from more detail on navigating by stars however you can take the SAS book with you this book is far too big.